June 18, 2009
Welcome to Cork’s Father’s Day newsletter
There is a ton of stuff going on here at Cork’s in
the next couple of weeks. We have a Widmer/Redhook
Tasting tonight. A geyser Peak/Sushi Tasting on
Friday night. There are 3 concerts at Great Woods
this week, with Buffet in for 2 shows next week. We
have multiple tastings wrapped around both of those
shows as well.
We’ve got the Sox on a roll in inter-league
action…the US Open at Bethpage and don’t forget the
great local charity event (cvscharityclassic.com)
down in RI put on by Billy Andrade and Brad Faxon.
This is a great event, with world class golfers, and
tickets are basically free if you go to CVS and buy
batteries or shampoo. But you got to be quiet at
the event as I am a Marshal and I’ll have to shush
you if you’re boisterous.
Tonight’s (Thursday) beer tasting is from 4:30 to
7:30 and features some new beers from Widmer
Brothers and Redhook. Redhook Slim Chance is a
brand new low calorie-low carb- light beer out of
Portsmouth, NH. Widmer Drop Top Amber Ale and
Drifter Pale Ale were just released in MA from this
excellent brewery out in Portland, OR. I’m sure
they’ll mix in a couple of the “older” stuff from
these 2 as well.
We have a special wine tasting lined up with Geyer
Peak Winery out of California for this Friday. They
have scheduled 1 of their fabulous supermodels from
4 to 7 PM and she’s bringing some sushi to pair with
the wines. Geyser Peak Sauvignon Blanc is 1 of my
favorite SB’s from CA and is the perfect, refreshing
summer wine. She will also have the Chardonnay for
you to sample as well. We will have free chopsticks
with any purchase of Geyser Peak, and all who come
to the tasting can throw their name in a hat for a
Proctor Silex rice cooker. Since we are sourcing
this tasting out those are the only wines she is
scheduled to pour….I know what all you red drinkers
are saying right now…what the heck...no reds? So we
will gently persuade her to pour the Francis Coppola
Merlot as well. Who knows maybe we can talk her
into trying something else too.
As we all know our state and country are facing
tough economic times. As a rule I try to stay out
of all political and religious discussions,
especially in these newsletters. But I do want to
share a little info about the proposed 6.25 % tax on
alcohol that I have been forwarded to by many of our
distributors.
The 6.25% Sales
Tax on Beverage Alcohol
Governor Deval
Patrick is trying to convince the legislature to not
only increase the existing sales tax from 5% to
6.25% but to apply it to many new sales categories.
One of those proposed categories is Beverage Alcohol
which is already heavily taxed on the state and
federal levels in the form of an excise tax that is
approximately 39% of the wholesale cost on a bottle
of vodka. This tax is paid for by the wholesaler
and passed on to us the retailer along with the
wholesaler's mark-up, which we then mark-up to reach
our retail price level.
A sales tax
at the point of purchase would then tax you the
consumer for an item that has already been taxed and
marked-up. It is a tax on a tax that we are all too
familiar with these days.
Please help us
stop this unnecessary, redundant taxation-mail your
state representative and senator and tell them you
do not support this initiative.
The
link to contact your local politician is:
www.mass.gov/legis/city_town.htm
Case of Beer
$23.99 - Total tax = $10.39
Bottle of Wine
$9.99 - Total tax = $3.55
Bottle of Vodka
$19.99 - Total tax = $7.10
Now The State
Wants You To Pay 20% More
By Passing Into
Law
A New 6.25% A
lcohol Tax
Call your
Legislators TODAY
Massachusetts
State House - 617-722-2000
OK…that’s out of the way back to the fun stuff. We
do have a ton of great gift ideas for Dad’s Father’s
Day present. From single malt scotches...to fine
wines…to his favorite beer. Let’s hope this dreary
weather breaks and that you all have a great
weekend.
Robert
